diff --git a/src/util/common/logForLevel.js b/src/util/common/logForLevel.js
index 3e00a1f..1b5b572 100644
--- a/src/util/common/logForLevel.js
+++ b/src/util/common/logForLevel.js
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ export default function logForLevel(level) {
    * @return {undefined}
    */
   return function logIt(...args) {
-    return this._logger[level].apply(this._logger, scrub(args, this._config));
+    return this._logger[level].apply(this._logger, scrub(args, this._config, this._logger));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/util/common/scrub.js b/src/util/common/scrub.js
index cce6790..1f2a8bb 100644
--- a/src/util/common/scrub.js
+++ b/src/util/common/scrub.js
@@ -1,8 +1,31 @@
+import isObject from 'lodash/isObject';
+import tail from 'lodash/tail';
+import mapValues from 'lodash/mapValues';
 import hideSecrets from 'hide-secrets';
 
-export default function scrub(args, config = {}) {
+function getScrubConfig(config) {
+  return { badWords: config.scrubFields };
+}
+
+function handleContext(data, config = {}, logger) {
+  const serializedFields = Object.keys(logger.serializers || {});
+
+  return mapValues(data, (val, key) => {
+    if (serializedFields.includes(key)) {
+      return val;
+    }
+
+    return hideSecrets(val, getScrubConfig(config));
+  });
+}
+
+export default function scrub(args, config = {}, logger) {
   if (Array.isArray(config.scrubFields) && config.scrubFields.length) {
-    return hideSecrets(args, { badWords: config.scrubFields });
+    if (isObject(args[0])) {
+      return [handleContext(args[0], config, logger), ...hideSecrets(tail(args), getScrubConfig(config))]
+    }
+
+    return hideSecrets(args, getScrubConfig(config));
   }
 
   return args;
diff --git a/test/specs/logger.spec.js b/test/specs/logger.spec.js
index fcbe106..d6ddaf3 100644
--- a/test/specs/logger.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/logger.spec.js
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ describe('we-js-logger', () => {
     });
 
     it('hides secrets for fields', () => {
-      log.info({ scrubMe: 'This should be ignored', tlc: 'No Scrubs' });
+      log.info({ data: { scrubMe: 'This should be ignored', tlc: 'No Scrubs' } });
       expect(log._logger._emit).to.have.been.calledOnce;
-      expect(log._logger._emit.firstCall.args[0].scrubMe).to.equal('[SECRET]');
-      expect(log._logger._emit.firstCall.args[0].tlc).to.equal('No Scrubs');
+      expect(log._logger._emit.firstCall.args[0].data.scrubMe).to.equal('[SECRET]');
+      expect(log._logger._emit.firstCall.args[0].data.tlc).to.equal('No Scrubs');
     });
 
     it('hides secrets for msg', () => {
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ describe('we-js-logger', () => {
       });
 
       it('hides secrets for fields', () => {
-        childLog.info({ scrubMe: 'This should be ignored', tlc: 'No Scrubs' });
+        childLog.info({ data: { scrubMe: 'This should be ignored', tlc: 'No Scrubs' } });
         expect(childLog._logger._emit).to.have.been.calledOnce;
-        expect(childLog._logger._emit.firstCall.args[0].scrubMe).to.equal('[SECRET]');
-        expect(childLog._logger._emit.firstCall.args[0].tlc).to.equal('No Scrubs');
+        expect(childLog._logger._emit.firstCall.args[0].data.scrubMe).to.equal('[SECRET]');
+        expect(childLog._logger._emit.firstCall.args[0].data.tlc).to.equal('No Scrubs');
       });
 
       it('hides secrets for msg', () => {
diff --git a/test/specs/util/scrub.spec.js b/test/specs/util/scrub.spec.js
index 60c4652..cbbd78f 100644
--- a/test/specs/util/scrub.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/util/scrub.spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import scrub from '../../../src/util/common/scrub';
 // FIXME stub out `hideSecrets` -- doesn't seem to be working on first pass
 // import * as hideSecretsModule from 'hide-secrets';
 
+// TODO test special `handleContext` behavior
+
 describe('util/common/scrub', () => {
   let args;
   beforeEach(() => {